Returning to Chapter 46: The Father’s Debt and the Daughter’s Repayment
"Xia Fengnian, is this the residence of your daughter Xia Liuxi?" In the dim alley, a fat man with squinted eyes was lying at the crack of the door of a house, with a plump and round head.
I swayed my butt back and forth to adjust my position, trying to see clearly inside. I naturally said this to the people behind me.
Just look, behind this fat man are four men as strong as tigers, and you can tell at a glance that they are not good-natured men, and they all carry scimitars as bright as snow.
Two of the men holding knives were holding a middle-aged man with a pale face and messy hair in the other hand. He must have been beaten by them. There were more than a dozen bruises and purple spots on his face.
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At this time, the man buried his head and looked at the ground, as if he was pretending not to hear the fat man's question and remained silent.
This middle-aged man is naturally Xia Fengnian, the father who Xia Liuxi hated so much and was addicted to gambling. Although Xia Fengnian was a gambler, he lost all his family's wealth, causing a good family to fall into the streets.
But I also feel a bit ashamed and regretful in my heart, but I can't help but want to gamble a few times every day, and now I owe thousands of taels of silver to go out.
In fact, it was his daughter Xia Liuxi who had been repaying the money, but he didn't know how to restrain himself. He always thought that it was only natural that the father's debt should be repaid by the son. In the end, his daughter finally couldn't stand it and moved several times in a row, but
However, he relentlessly inquired about his daughter's address and chased her to pay her back the money.
No, Xia Fengnian went to great lengths to find out his daughter's current address and came to pay back the several thousand taels of silver. However, when he arrived at his daughter's door, he hesitated.
In the past, no matter how poor my daughter was, she would always live in a small courtyard. How could she live in such a remote and dark place in the corner? I couldn't bear it. After all, she was still my daughter.
But a man next to him didn't know this. He went up and punched him hard in the lower abdomen, "Xia Fengnian, Mr. Hong is asking you a question! Are you deaf?"
Xia Fengnian covered his abdomen and felt pain, but still didn't want to speak.
"Okay! Don't beat me to death. If you beat me to death, who will pay back the seven thousand taels of silver?" The handsome man became angry instantly when he saw his face, and immediately wanted to punch and kick him. Fortunately, he was lying at the door.
The fat and strong Mr. Hong, who was peeking at him, spoke out to stop him, otherwise Xia Fengnian would definitely be beaten half to death with a few more punches.
The strong and tiger-like man finally stopped his hand and stepped aside wisely, "Yes! Mr. Hong."
"Well...you can't see anything here." The fat and strong Mr. Hong scratched his plump and round buttocks. In his eyes, the room in front of him was pitch black, let alone human figures.
He may not be able to see anyone even if there is someone there.
Mr. Hong gradually withdrew his gaze, turned around, stepped forward and patted Xia Fengnian's ferocious and painful face, "Xia Fengnian, what's the matter? It's too late to think of protecting your daughter now. You two can guard the door?"
Kick me away."
When the other two men with swords heard this, they raised their big boulder-like feet to violently kick open the two wooden doors in front of them. But as soon as they raised their big feet, the two wooden doors suddenly opened on their own.
, it stands to reason that he was pushed away by two beautiful women, one in purple and one in blue.
"Wait!" Mr. Hong shouted when he saw this, and the two men with swords hurriedly retreated to their original positions.
These two women are naturally Ji Zimo and Li Meiyi, who hid in Xia Liuxi's house to recover from their injuries some time ago to avoid Yan Zhuo's pursuit.
In fact, the two of them had already noticed the movements of these people outside, but they were not sure whether it was Yan Zhuo who had done many evil things in his life and his men. After all, the fat man lying under the door was indeed similar to Yan Zhuo.
Very similar.
But later they found out that it was not the case. Especially when Li Meiyi heard the words "Xia Fengnian", they became even more sure of their thoughts. After all, because their two families were on good terms, they had known Xia Fengnian since they were young.
Xia Liuxi's father was familiar with him. Although he hadn't seen him for more than two years, he knew that Uncle Ning would never know Yan Zhuo, who looked so wretched.
The fat man's eyes suddenly shone when he saw the two beauties walking out of the dark room. The talents of these two girls were probably as good as Yu Huakui from Jinyue Tower.
, it can definitely be sold at a good price.
Thinking of this, a malicious smile appeared on his fat and thin face and he looked at Xia Fengnian, "Xia Fengnian, I didn't expect that you don't look very good, but the daughters you gave birth to are beautiful. They are two beauties."
What a fool! Hahaha..."
Xia Fengnian, whose face was ferocious and pained, slowly raised his head and glanced at the two girls who came out of the room, "Mei Yi? Why are you here?"
Xia Liuxi did not answer, but stared at the person in front of him and asked: "Who are you? Why did you arrest Uncle Xia?"
"Uncle Xia?" Mr. Hong, who was admiring the autumn flowers, suddenly lost his smile and walked out from between the two handsome men: "So, girl, you are not the daughter of this old guy Xia Fengnian?"
Li Meiyi's eyes turned slightly cold, "Who are you?"
"Girl, you are quite clever." Mr. Hong smiled, "But you don't know who I am?"
In the past few years, Li Meiyi has been studying swordsmanship with Ji Zimo on Shuangya Mountain outside the city. She has never heard of what is going on in the city. She rarely has the idea of entering the city, even if it is to enter the city.
Come to buy some medicine for bruises that are not available in the mountains. She has always been indifferent to this person and that gang. Let alone who is the fat man in front of her.
Li Meiyi shook her head without hesitation, "You are really interesting. If you don't tell me, how will I know who you are?"
"Okay!" Mr. Hong chuckled softly, but he was not annoyed. "Listen up, girl. My name is Hong Zhifu. I am the steward of Tianji Gambling House, the largest gambling house on Qiandong Street. I am loved by everyone.
Everyone calls me Mr. Hong. Do you know now?"
"Tianji Gambling House?" Li Meiyi frowned slightly and thought for a while. Although Mr. Hong had never heard of this man named Hong Zhifu, he knew a little bit about Tianji Gambling House. They were probably a group of low-class people.
Although it is not as popular as a casino where people spend a lot of money as a leisure place in the economy, it still has some reputation in Cangyuan City.
However, the most popular thing in such gambling houses is cheating. No matter how many silver taels you bring in today and how many silver taels you win when you go out, you will definitely lose everything the next day. If you lack concentration, you may not be able to do it.
He even borrowed money from gambling houses to gamble, and finally got himself involved.
Thinking of this, Li Meiyi couldn't help but glance at the scarred Xia Fengnian. Could it be that Uncle Ning also...
Mr. Hong seemed to have read through Li Meiyi's thoughts, "Girl, I know what you are thinking, that's right! Xia Feng went to my Tianji Casino some time ago to play a few games. His luck was pretty good. At the beginning,
He won no less than a few hundred taels of silver, but he didn't know how to take it when he was good, and he gambled heavily for several days and nights. In the end, not only did he not win any money, he also owed my gambling house a huge sum of money."